wait for en · VERB
Meanings
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To wait until the specified event occurs.
What are you waiting for?
Wait for the light to change before you cross the street.
And now we're waiting for the very same people to establish GBR, drive through urgently needed fares reform, and come up with imaginative and effective train operating contracts...
2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3:
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To await the arrival of.
I'm waiting for my date.
I'm waiting for the train.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| waits for | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| waiting for | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| waited for | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| waited for | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Antonyms
gasp · marvel · reel · start · jump · wonder
Hyponyms
listen · anticipate · look forward to
Relateds
Synonyms
attend · wait on · abide · tend · bide · tarry · remain · keep · wait on · hold up · await · stay · await · wait for · wait on · wait · await · expect